PI’s briefing: A critical examination of facial recognition implementation in educational spaces
The expansion of facial recognition in educational spaces raises serious human rights concerns, urging states to ban the technology and implementers to stop using it.
Key advocacy points
- Facial recognition technology (FRT) is increasingly being implemented in educational settings.
- The use of FRT turns educational institutions into environments of constant surveillance, akin to “high-security” settings.
- FRT violates human rights standards, particularly the right to privacy.
- States should ban FRT in educational spaces and cease its use immediately.
Advocacy
Post date
16th November 2024
The rapid expansion of educational technologies (EdTech) has introduced serious concerns about human rights protection in educational spaces. This briefing explores the impact of facial recognition technology (FRT) and heightened surveillance in these settings, highlighting many complex and multifaceted issues that demand careful consideration from a human rights perspective.
From the erosion of privacy and the securitisation of educational spaces - that undermines the learning and growth processes - to the perpetuation of bias and discrimination, and the lack of data protection safeguards, not to mention the role of private interests, this briefing explains why we believe that iIt is crucial to ban FRT in educational spaces and stop its use now.
At the end of the briefing, we share a roadmap of key issues that it is necessary to consider for anyone thinking of introducing FRT in educational spaces to help analyse its impact on human rights.
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